Österreichisches Weltraum Forum Austrian Space Forum
Get in the mood for our biggest mission yet and #AMADEE18-ify your desktop with our wallpapers! Also looks great on phones, facebook, twitter and everything else… We have them in two sizes – 1600×1200 and 1920×1200! Just open the link in a new […]
Our international Mars simulation take us to Mars-like regions on Earth. Directed by a Mission Support Center in Innsbruck, Austria, small field crews conduct experiments to prepare for future human Mars missions. But there are many ways to work as […]
For many years, the OeWF has conducted simulations of human missions to Mars. The main motivation for this is science, and the main attention during such missions goes to our analog astronauts. But behind the scenes, there are many support […]
Or: Part two of a traveller´s report on selecting a test site for Mars simulations I hope you enjoyed the first part of my blog, filled with personal insights of the scouting mission in Israel. Now, I would like to […]
Our scouting team travelled to Israel and Oman in March 2017 to find suitable site locations for our next big #simulateMars mission. Sophie Gruber was part of the scouting team and describes her impressions about the scouting activities in Israel.
OeWF analog missions follow three priorities: safety, science and simulation. After making sure that missions are performed safely and no one gets hurt, the prime objective is to advance scientific understanding by conducting experiments, analyzing the data and sharing the […]
After a bus ride through the picturesque landscape of Italy, I arrived in Bergamo at the European Mars Society Conferece, full of expectations and ready to discuss the future of Mars exploration. As it turned out, I should not be […]
Illustrating the Vienna Statement on Analog Planetary Research In early May 2016, the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF), together with a wide range of international partners, published the Vienna Statement on Analog Planetary Research (VSAPR), a single-paged declaration which outlines the […]
From speed mentoring to skype conferences – learning how to network with space enthusiasts Sophie’s highlights: After the great feedback we received for our paper on Monday I thought:” Well, it can´t get any much better.” But then, Tuesday came […]
Close encounters with the Mars kind “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. – Dale Carnegie” Today, in […]
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